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University  of  California  •  Berkeley 

The 
THEODORE  H.  KOUNDAKJIAN 

COLLECTION  OF  AMERICAN  HUMOR 


3£ 


ENGRAVED  BY 


BOSTON, 


JOHN  ANDREW 


Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1867,  by  LEE  &  SHLPARD,  in  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  District  of  Massachusetts. 


W.  F.  Hrown  Si  Co.,  Printers,  i  rj  Franklin  Street,  Boston. 


TO 

T.    G.    FORD,    ESQ.. 

(LATE  OF  THE  "ACADEMIC  STAFF,") 
TO  WHOM  THE  MIDSHIPMEN  ARE   INDEBTED   FOR  MUCH   KINDNESS  AND  MANY  VALUED   SERVICES, 

Cjjis  Morh  is  gtotej, 

AS  A  SLIGHT  TESTIMONIAL  OF  THE   ESTEEM,  FRIENDSHIP,  AND  REGARD 

OF  THE 

"CLASS  OF  '67." 


PREFACE. 


A  FEW  months  ago,  I  commenced  a  series  of  pen-and-ink  sketches  of  the  joys  and  sorrows  of  a  Midship 
man's  life  at  the  Naval  Academy.  It  was  truly  a  labor  of  love,  continued  during  the  intervals  of  study 
and  recitation,  and  not  intended  tor  the  public  eye.  But,  as  the  sketches  increased  in  number,  some  interest 
was  felt  in  their  preservation;  and  my  classmates  —  generous  critics  and  cherished  friends  —  insisted  upon 
their  publication,  as  souvenirs  of  an  eventful  period  in  our  professional  career.  I  could  not  refuse  a  request 
from  such  a  source ;  and  hence  my  appearance  in  a  field  almost  unknown  to  Midshipmen. 

Although  the  drawings  are  taken  from  the  humorous  side  of  our  academic  life,  they  may  give  the  public 
some  idea  of  the  process  bv  which  the  raw  material  sent  here  from  all  parts  of  our  country  is  worked  up  to  a 
fixed  standard  of  naval  efficiency.  This  process  is  commenced  in  the  stationary  school-ship  "  Constitution," 
and  is  continued  on  shore,  and  in  practice-ships  that  cruise  at  sea  during  the  summer  months.  Those  who 
pass  creditably  through  the  four  years'  course  of  study,  drill,  and  discipline,  are  graduated  from  the  Academy 
with  its  diploma,  and  enter  at  once  into  active  service  afloat.  For  us  of  the  "  Class  of  '67,"  this  long-looked-for 
event  is  fast  approaching,  bringing  with  it  the  painful  necessity  of  separation  ;  but  we  will  still  be  united — "tou- 
jours  unis"-  -in  the  bonds  of  fraternal  good  will  cemented  at  the  Naval  Academy. 

With  grateful  acknowledgments  to  those  who  have  aided  me  in  my  task,  I  submit  the  sketches,  hoping 
that  they  may  prove  a  source  of  amusement  not  only  to  the  Midshipmen,  but  also  to  the  public  at  large. 

PARK   BENJAMIN, 
U.  S.  NAVAL  ACADEMY,  * 

Annapolis,  Maryland,  MIDSHIPMAN,  U.  S.  NAVY. 

February,  1867. 


LLASS    OF 


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Chas.  O.  Allibone. 
Conway  H.  Arnold. 
Charles  Belknap. 
Park  Benjamin. 
J.Van  Benthuysen  Bleecker. 
Matthew  Bolles,  Jr. 
A.  Allen  Boyd. 
Edward  W.  Bridge. 
Charles  E.  Brown. 
Robert  E.  Carmody. 
C.  W.  D.  Christopher. 
Geo.  H.  Church. 
Geo.  G.  Clay. 
Richardson  Clover. 
Harrison  G.  O.  Colby. 
Fred.  Collins. 
Albert  R.  Couden. 
James  W.  Cowie. 
William  S.  Cowles. 
Alfred    Craven. 
Patrick  T.  Cunningham. 


Geo.  S.  Davol. 
Francis  H.  Delano. 
Daniel  Delehanty. 
Erasmus  Dennison. 
Andrew  Dunlap. 
Jos.  G.  Eaton. 
Henry  C.  English. 
Wells  L.  Field. 
W.  B.  H.  Frailey. 
Edward  H.  Gheen. 
Fernando  P.  Gilmore. 
Fred.  W.  Greenleaf. 
James  M.  Grimes. 
John  W.  Hagenman. 
Eugene  D.  Heald. 
Edward  W.  Henricks. 
Fred.  A.  Howes. 
Henry  C.  Hunter. 
Fred.  G.  Hyde. 
Edwin  S.  Jacob. 


William  H.  Jaques. 
Horace  E.  Jones. 
Harry  Knox. 
Eugene  H.  C.  Leutze. 
William  Little. 
Leavitt  C.  Logan. 
Henry  B.  Mansfield. 
Edward  P.  McClellan. 
William  S.  McGunnegle. 
C.  Reid  Meeker. 
John  F.  Meigs. 
John  P.  Merrell. 
James  M.  Miller. 
Jacob  W.  Miller. 
Geo.  J.  Mitchell. 
Frank  W.  Nichols. 
William  D.  Nicholson. 
Fred.  H.  Paine. 
William  M.  Paul. 
Allan  G.  Paul. 


Edwin  C.  Pendleton. 
Hamilton  Perkins. 
John  E.  Pillsbury. 
Edward  W.  Remey. 
Albert  Ross. 
Richard  Rush. 
Uriel  Sebree. 
C.  Pierson  Shaw. 
Sidney  A.  Simons. 
Jos.  L.  Stickney. 
Edward  W.  Sturdy. 
Fred.  M.  Symonds. 
Edward  D.  Taussig. 
Benj.  F.  Tilley. 
Edward  W.  Very. 
J.  M.  Wainwright. 
Clifford  H.  West. 
Geo.  M.  Williams. 
Fred.  M.  Wise. 
Edward  P.  Wood. 


OLDL  Y  I  venture  oil  a  naval  scene, 
Nor  fear  the  critic's  frown,  the  pedant's  spleen : 
Sons  of  the  ocean,  we  their  rules  disdain  ; 
Our  bosoms  honest,  and  our  style  is  plain. 
Let  Homers  heroes  and  his  gods  delight; 
Let  Milton  with  infernal  legions  fight ; 
His  favorite  warrior,  polished  Virgil  show  ; 
With  love  and  wine,  luxurious  Horace  glow,  — 
Be  such  their  subjects,  I  another  choose, 
yet  neglected  by  the  laughing  Muse? 


OR  thou  art  Freedom's  now,  and  Fame's, — 


One  of  the  few,  the  immortal  names 


That  were  not  born  to  die." 


Arrival  of  the  future  Admirals  of  our  Country. 


N  slumbers  of  midnight  the  sailor-boy  lay, 
His  hammock  swung  loose  at  the  sport  of  the  wind." 


First  night  in  (?)  a  Hammock. 


LAZE,  with  your  serried  columns! 
I  will  not  bend  the  kneel" 


First  Step  in  the  Profession. 


HE  oars  were  silver, 


Which,  to  the  tune  of  flutes,  kept  stroke,  and  made 


The  water,  which  they  beat,  to  follow  faster, 


As  amorous  of  their  strokes.' 


Boat  Exercise.  — Supernumeraries  catching  "crabs.' 


HE  nitre  fired    .    .    .    . 


Convulsive  shook  the  slumb'rinff  air  around.*' 


It  is  —  the  cannon's  opening  roar.' 


Creat-gun  Exercise.  —  "  Ready !" 


IM  high,  brave  youth  I" 


Target  Practice.  — "  Fire ! 


HEY  tug,  they  strain;    down,  down  they  go! 


Howitzer  Exercise.  — "  Forward  into  line!    Left  oblique!"    (Left  Piece.) 


LIFE  on   the  ocean   wave.' 


"  Oh !   who  can  tell,  save  he  whose  heart  hath   tried, 
And  danced  in  triumph  o'er  the  -waters  wide, 
Th'  exulting  sense,  —  the  pulse's  maddening  play 
That  thrills  the  wanderer  of  that  trackless  way?" 


Off  Soundings."— First  Practice  Cruise. 


ND  crashing,  thundering  o'er  the   quarter  swings. 


'Who  let  go  that  after  fall?" 


HERE'S  a  sweet  little  cherub  that  sits  up   aloft.' 


Taking  an  airing  for  four  hours. 


N   vain  their  struggling  arms  the  yard   infold." 


Furling  Sail.  — "Keep  fast  that  tricing-line! ' 


O  more  the  mess  for  other  joys  repine, 


When  "duff,"  just  entering,  shows  'tis  time  to  dine.' 


J 


Duff's  all  gone,  sir! ' 


HUS,  long  ago, 

Ere  heaving  billows  learned  to  blow, 
And  organs  yet  were  mute,  - 

Thus  Middies  roasted  "spuds"  below, 
And  poked  at  fires  to  boot." 


Fire-room  Watch.  -  Roasting  "spuds." 


HESE  welcome  letters  come  from  friends  so  dear." 


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Just  In  port.- Distributing  the  mail. -The  last  letter. 


on  this  picture  and  on  that.! 


The  Middy  of  Romance. 


The  real  thing  on  a  wintry  Saturday  at  the  Academy. 


WAKED  by  the  sound  of  sweet  melody. 
Ever  my  spirit  awakens  to  thee." 


In-shore  quarters.-"  Not  turned  out  at  early  Inspection." 


PEED  away,   speed   away. 


Going  to  morning      Formation. 


EE-fi-fo-fum ! 

I  smell  the  fumes  of  tobacco  and  rum! 
Be  ye  drunk  or  be  ye  dead, 
In  the  wardrobe  or  under  the  bed, 

I  must  have  some." 


An  Evening  Party  disturbed. 


EAUTIFUL  dreamer,  wake  unto  me; 
Spots  and  guard  duty  are  waiting  for  thee." 


"I  had  a  dream  which  was  not  all  a  dream.' 


Day-dreams.  — The  Pleasures  of  Hope. 


ROFOUNDLY  deep  in  thought, 
His  busy  mind  with  sines  and  tangents  fraught, 
A  Mid  reclines,  in  calculation  lost. 
His  efforts  stiii  by  some  intruder  crossed." 


A  change  came  o'er  the  spirit  of  my  dream.' 


And  stern  Realities. 


E  walked,  and  -we  talked  till  long  after  sunset, 
And  the  words  that  he  said   I   shall  never  forget. 

"List I  'tis  the  bugle  — Juan   shrilly  blew- 
One  kiss  —  one   more  —  another  —  oh!  adieu!" 


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Love  Lane. 


N   with  the  dance,  let  joy  be  unconfmed; 
No  sleep  till  morn,"  — and  then  the  sick-list  find. 


Spooney  Corners. 


The  Hop. 


Nary  a  dance. 


EW  and  short  were  the  prayers  we  said.*! 


Taps. -"Confound  the  Boot!" 


IS  ours  the  dreadful  remedy  to   find." 


Sick  call.— Outside  the  door. 


DIRE  disease,  and  desperate  to   cure. 


Sick  call.— Inside  the  door,    "ire  you  really  sick,  sir?' 


?FT   in  the   stilly  mgnt." 


Patrol  of  the  Grounds.-"  Mid  Watch.' 


KNOW  what  study  is:    it  is  to  toil 
Hard  through  the  nours  of  tne  saa  midnight  watch 
At  tasks  which  seem  a  systematic  curse, 


course  of  bootless  Denanoa." 


The  night  before. 


The  Graduating  Examination. 


The  night  after. 


Y  soul  is  ready  to  depart: 
No  thought  rebels;   the  obedient  heart 
Breathes  forth  no  sigh  — " 


"Graduated.  "— Free  at  last: 


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MOTHEH  GOOSJE  MELODIES 

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"There  have  been  many  hundreds  editions  of  Mother  Goose's  Melodies 
since  that  ancient  lady  first  gave  them  to^the  world  from  her  home  in 
Boston,  nearly  a  century  ago,  but  there  has  been  none  so  beautiful,  and, 
at  the  same  time,  so  indescribably  funny,  as  the  one  with  the  silhouette 
illustrations,  just  published  by  Lee  &  Shepard."  — BOSTON  SUNDAY  HERALD. 


It  actually  hubbies  over  with  fun,  and  it  is  a  complete  enter- : 
tainment  to  peruse  its  pa^cs.  —  AV/\/ma  Tcletjruph. 

The  best  edition  of  "  Mother  Goose  "  wo  know  of.  Its  illustra-  ! 
tions  arc  capital,  making  the  text  doubly  precious.  —  Christian 
Leader,  Vticn. 

The  nicest  edition  of  "  Mother  Goose  "  yet  out.  —  Bridgeport 
Standard. 

The  sharp,  black  .figures  make  excellent  shadow  pictures,  and 
are  unusually  comical.  —  Hartford  Relir/ious  Herald. 

The  text  is  plain,  and  there  "is  lots  of  fun  in  the  clear-cut  silhou 
ettes.  —  Manchester  Mirror. 


This  funny  little  book  should  have  a  wide  sale.  The  silhouettes 
:iro  charming,  and  will  afford  as  much  amusement  to  "  children 
of  a  larger  growth  "  as  they  will  to  the  smaller  fry.  —  Doyle.itown 
(P.r.)  Mirror. 

There  is  fun  in  the  pictures  which  the  grown  folks  will  appre 
ciate  as  well  as  the  youngsters.  —  Boston  Journal. 

As  curious  as  it  is  comical,  and  it  will  give  the  children  lots  of 
real  joy.  The  funniest  edition  ever  published.  —  SomtniHf 
Journal. 

This  is  by  far  the  most  humorous  edition  of  "  Mother  Goose  " 
we  have  ever  seen.] —  Cottage  and  Hearth. 


Lots  of  Ideas  for  Mother  Goose  Masquerades  and  Shadow  Pictures. 

Sold  by  all  Booksellers,  and  sent  by  mail,  postpaid,  on  receipt  of  price,  by 


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